... King Arthur. King Arthur was a real person in the 6th Century. People in the past say he was a poet and prophet but hes famous because he had a part in the Arthurian legends. In all the stories Merlin's role was to help Arthur become King of England and another thing was to survive as a strong unifying leader. Most stories Merlin uses magic spells ... popular myth of Merlin has come from 2 sources. One is the historian Geography of Monmouth and the other one was a writer and his name was Sir Thomas Malory. Both men collected bits and pieces from earlier sources. Most work was based on t...

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